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Even as a boy, I have always enjoyed map reading. WHen the army showed me a topo map, I was in heaven.
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<blockquote data-quote="Steelers Fan" data-source="post: 4318642" data-attributes="member: 16254"><p>Here is a compass my dad had that I found in a drawer after he passed. Swiss made Meridian model MG-3002 Survey/Artillery Compass. The Meridian company operated from 1937 to 1956. The only instructions I initially found for it were printed in French or German. I looked up info on it years ago and this one in this condition was valued at $600-$800. It's not a liquid filled/dampened compass but it has a bubble level on the lower right corner that is. There is a pendulum pointer on swing arm for fast incline/decline calculations. There are 2 side windows (prismatic clinometer) for more accurate calculations that displays meters and yards. It is very difficult to take a pic thru the prismatic lenses (last pic) but the micro fine detail is stellar. It has six columns of numbers with varying graduations. I can't get them all in view and in focus. My dad was a radio/radar operator 1943-1945 on amphibious PBM Mariner sea planes in WWII. He lied about his age when enlisting (only 16, his 2 older brothers were in the fight and he was not to be left behind) and after several enlisting attempts he was successful. We never knew any of this till he passed away and his oldest brother informed us of his actions. This was also confirmed by military records and his family headstone and military markers show differing birth dates. I don't know if the compass was issued, captured or acquired but it's cool.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]505971[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]505972[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]505974[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]505977[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]505976[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steelers Fan, post: 4318642, member: 16254"] Here is a compass my dad had that I found in a drawer after he passed. Swiss made Meridian model MG-3002 Survey/Artillery Compass. The Meridian company operated from 1937 to 1956. The only instructions I initially found for it were printed in French or German. I looked up info on it years ago and this one in this condition was valued at $600-$800. It's not a liquid filled/dampened compass but it has a bubble level on the lower right corner that is. There is a pendulum pointer on swing arm for fast incline/decline calculations. There are 2 side windows (prismatic clinometer) for more accurate calculations that displays meters and yards. It is very difficult to take a pic thru the prismatic lenses (last pic) but the micro fine detail is stellar. It has six columns of numbers with varying graduations. I can't get them all in view and in focus. My dad was a radio/radar operator 1943-1945 on amphibious PBM Mariner sea planes in WWII. He lied about his age when enlisting (only 16, his 2 older brothers were in the fight and he was not to be left behind) and after several enlisting attempts he was successful. We never knew any of this till he passed away and his oldest brother informed us of his actions. This was also confirmed by military records and his family headstone and military markers show differing birth dates. I don't know if the compass was issued, captured or acquired but it's cool. [ATTACH type="full"]505971[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]505972[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]505974[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]505977[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]505976[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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